Prevenative Maintnance for Stove,Help!!!

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Post by shenk111 » Fri. Oct. 30, 2009 8:00 pm

i have an older gibraltor with keystoker parts in the rear. What are a couple things I need to do to prevenative maintnance? use canned air,grease what,etc? noone will maintain unless I bought it from thier overpriced stores.please help anyone.

 
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Post by 2001Sierra » Fri. Oct. 30, 2009 8:38 pm

How about some pics for evaluation?

 
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Post by shenk111 » Fri. Oct. 30, 2009 9:09 pm

If u can view my profile pics are under there. Let me know if u can't see them. Thanks


 
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Post by lowfog01 » Fri. Oct. 30, 2009 11:43 pm

What shape is it in? Does it have visible signs of rust? If so, you want to either take it down to bare metal and then repaint or use a rust inhibitor to stop the rust. Once you start burning for the winter, the rust won't come back until you stop burning in the spring. Then you can do some things to prevent it. How are the door gaskets? If your stove has door gaskets, are they sitting well and maintaining the seal; if not you need to replace them. Do your grates shake easily? If not, why not? Do they need replacing? Are any of the fire bricks cracked or broken? They are cheap so just replace them. Does your stove have a window? Can it be cleaned or is it so etched you want a replacement. I see that this is posted in the Stoker section so be sure to check your hopper for rust. Without seeing any pictures it's hard to say what you should do but these are a few basics applicable to every stove. Good luck, Lisa

 
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Post by Matthaus » Sat. Oct. 31, 2009 5:01 am

Hi shenk, as Lisa said there are some basic rust prevention steps that can be taken. In addition to that your stoker unit has nylon screws and a plastic cam that drives the pusher block (that is if I understand your initial post about how the stove is configured). You can remove the stoker motor and slide the pusher block and all out (empty the hopper first! :lol: ). Then you can inspect all the plastic for overheating and wear, replacement items are available from your local Keystoker dealer or from Keystoker directly by phone. You can also get the nylon screws from your local hardware. Others on here that have maintained their Keystokers will probably chime in to add more details and tips, and you can also do an advanced search on Keystoker and plastic screw or feeder motor, or cam. Also a search on stove maintenance might reveal some helpful stuff.

You will also need to remove the combustion fan and vacuum the fines out from under the grate. Cleaning the firebox side of the grate will let you know if you need to reseal it as well, I like to use the red rtv (high temp) along the gap at the back of the grate closest to the hopper to prevent air from leaking up at that point and causing the fire to burn back too close to the hopper.

Also check the flue pipe for fly ash build up, especially any horizontal runs of pipe and the first elbow after the stove

Hope this helps a little, best of luck with your maintenance efforts, you have the right idea. :D

 
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Post by coal berner » Sat. Oct. 31, 2009 5:31 am

Page 6 shows the Gibraltor Model LR stoker with a keystoker AA or A stoker unit in it
GibraltorManual[1].pdf
.PDF | 1.1MB | GibraltorManual[1].pdf

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